Woven fibre rug



E. E. LAM RT I WOVEN FIBRE RUG Filed Jan. 4, 1946 '2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR. [RA/EST f: LAMBERT 3M April 947.

April 1, 19470 LAMBERT 2,418,215

WOVEN FIBRE RUG Filed Jan. 4, 194a 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. fmvssrf. L AMBERT A TTOR/VEX T n me STATES .PATENT oF- ncEf f one solid color or. in a pencil stripe of two colors. figures: numbered Figs. 1 to 8 inclusive, one sug- The use of paper-fibre threads in solid colors ngested embodiment of the invention is innsand in pencil stripes, necessarily limits the weavtrated. 3* w or;

ers art in the fabrication of woven paper-fibre Fig. 1 is a frOntNieWf'Of' woven paper-fibre rugs to conventional, patterns and optical efl5 rug reduced in size. i w fects, thus restricting the field of usefulness of i i Fig. 2 is a front viewxzof afragm'ent' of the rug thread. Fig. 5 is a, longitudinal view of a' portionqoi a description whi h follow Fig. 7 is a transverse cross sectional view taken fibre thread, and thereafter the twist in the 40 The fi r 1 181 (Fi i woven from p p r stantial lengths thereof to produce a thread of 50 ing ribbons'of colored paper together to form the Patented Apr. 1 l947 2;41s,215 WQVENFIBRE RIJG Va Ernest E Lambert, ssangfiaamss, assign to .Patchogue-l?lyn1outh Mills Corporation, New. 1 'York, N. Y. a corporation ofNew York. Application January 4, 1946, Serial No. 639,070 j 11 Claims. ('01. Isa-4205 a This invention" relates to woven, paper-fibre or asa series of groups arranged according to rugsand a new method offabricating the same. their respective color combinations. In one sug- It is particularly applicable to fibre rugs woven gestedarrangement the threads may be sta from colored paperthreads; I geredinthe warp so 'that'the body of the fibre Heretoforerugs have been woven frompaper rug. when woven simulates the appearance of fibre threads of various colors. The papers-fibre ,coloredwbands of .threadsxof gradually varying threads in turn havebeen formed from colored ;-width;x:forming =light orwdark areas of shading paper ribbons twisted together in a twisting 'ma- "suggesting :a :softroverall mottled, heather, or chine to fashion the finished thread. These moire textural efiect.-

i w 1 paper-fibre threads have been twisted eitherin a In the drawings comprising two sheets of ei ht the rugs and the resulting demand therefor in contained within the dotted -lines.-"2..52 'of Fig; 1, the trade. p enlarged to approximatelythe 'actuali'sizeof the One object of thisinvention is to enlarge the woven fabric; r i i 2Q: field of theweavers art as applied to the optical Fig. 3 is a vertical cross sectional viewtaken effects and patterns which can be produced in along the line 3+3 off-mp2 looking-in th'edirecrugs wovenfrom paper-fibre: s tion. of the arrows: I r Another object is an improved woven paper- Fig; 4 is a longitudinal view partially broken fibre rug. away of one of the improved warp threads with Another object isa paper-fibre rug woven'with portions of the paper ribbons separated to show an improved construction of colored paper the construction of the twist; H

Another object is a paper-fibre rug of new and conventional str Jed thready i 1 heretofore unconventional patte Fig. 6, is a blown-up View Of a on O the Uther objects will appear from the detailed r flf F 1 In accordance with this invention; certain of along h n of Fi 4 looking in the. directhe paper-fibre threads woven for examplein the m 0f the r ows; and warp of the rug, are made frompaper ribbons Fig. 8 is a transverse cross sectional view taken of" different colors which are twisted into. threads alon th li 8 of Fig. 6 lookin in e recin such a manner that one colored paper ribbon tion of the arrows.

forms an inner layer and another and differently ike ref rence ch r ct rs esi i correcolored paper ribbon forms the .outer layer or spohding p s bm e t h Sev figures 0 coverinq of a substantial length of the paperthe drawin s.

thread is modified to reverse the relative posifibre t r o va ious Paper-fibre tions of the paper ribbons so, that the ribbon ds. made by twisting r b n of which previously formed the covering becomes paper give good results. Theruglfl includes the the inner layer and the paper ribbon which pre- .usual warp threads l ll and the fillin viously formed the innerlayer becomes the outer pick threads l2-|2 (Figs. 2 and 3), woven to layer or covering of-the thread for a substantial f m a reversible a i length thereof. The resulting twistedpaper- The paper-fibre threads forming the filling o'r fibre thread accordingly has a covering, envelope pick I! may be of any conventional .type. They or Jacket, which alternatesxin color over sub- .may include paper-fibre threads made by twistvariegated twist, sometimes referred to by. those uniformly striped thread shown in Fig. 5. The skilled in the art as a jazz thread. These variethread I2 (Fig. 5) includes at least two paper gated threads may be twisted in various color ribbons l6 and H of different colors, uniformly combinations and shadings as desired. The twisted together to. form a spirally striped threads may be assembled in the warp as a group thread InJFig. 5 a white paper ribbon l6 and a green paper ribbon I! are twisted together to construct the striped paper fibre thread l2 which in th s instance will be a green and white pencil stripe. Any other combination of colored ribbo s I6 and I! may be used.

The body of the woven fabric of the fibre rug III also includes my improved thread of variegated twist. This construction is illustrated in Figs. 4, 6, 7. and 8. One continuously twisted paper ribbon forms the stuffer or core I3. A plurality of other differently colored paper ribbons I4v and I are twisted around'the stufler in such a manner that one of the paper ribbons, for example the ribbon I4, constitutes the inner layer for a substantial length of the thread I I, and the other paper ribbon, for example the ribbon I5 constitutes th outer or covering layer of the thread I I for the said length thereof. Throughout this length of the thread II the twisted inner ribbon I4 is entirely concealed by the twisted outer ribbon I5 which fo ms the outside iacket or covering of the thread I I. After the ribbons which form the thread II have been thus twisted for a substantial distance. the twist is modified to reverse the relative positions of the paper ribbons I4 and I5.-

In the transitional step of the reversing operation a relatively short section of striped thread will be fabricated, as is best illustrated by way of example in the intermediate section of Fig. 4, which discloses each of the paper ribbons I4 and I5 spirally twisted around the stuffer I3 to produce a striped threadthe colors in the stripe (in this case red and brown). being determined by the colors of the paper ribbons I4 and I5. The

length of the striped section will be determined by the speed of operation of the twist modifying mechanism of the twisting machine. By arresting the movement of the twist modifying mechanism of the twisting machine, at a predetermined intermediate point, the thread may 'be changed from a thread of variegated twist to a pencil stripe or other thread of uniform stripe. The stuifer I3 however, remains concealed beneath the twisted ribbons I4 and I5.

After the transition is completed the relative positions of the ribbons I4 and I5 are reversed. The-twisted paper ribbon I5 now forms the inner layer and is completely hidden by the twisted paper ribbon I4 which now constitutes the outer layer or covering of the paper fibre thread II. This section of the thread II presents the appearance of a twisted thread solid red in color.

The paper ribbons I4 and I5 which form the thread II may consist of a relatively unlimited variety of color combinations. The ribbons I4 and I5 may be of highly contrasting colors or they may be two shades of the same color, as for example, one ribbon may be a light shade and the other a dark shade, or one ribbon may be a bright shade and the other a pastel shade. In the specimen shown in Figs. 4, and 6 to 8 the paper ribbon I4 is indicated in red and the paper ribbon IS in brown.- As the stuffer I3 is entirely con cealed by the paper ribbons I4 and I 5, its color is unimportant.

The construction of the paper fibre thread II may perhaps be better understood from the blown-up view of Fig. 6 and the transverse cross sectional views of Figs. 7 and 8. In these views the paper ribbon I3 represents the stuffer or .eore

of the fibre thread II. It is covered by one of the Fig. 7 the paper ribbon ls forms the inner layer,

and the paper ribbon I4, the outer covering or envelope of the thread II, while in Fig. 8 the relative positions of the ribbons I4 and I5 are reversed so that the twisted ribbon I4 now constitutes the inner layer 'and the twisted paper ribbonv I5 the'outer covering or envelope of the paper-fibre thread II. I

My variegated thread may be used by the weavers to produce man novel optical effects in reversible woven paper-fibre rugs. One of these novel effects is disclosed in the woven construction shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The variegated threads I I are used in the warp of the rug I0, and are disposed in juxtaposition to form bands of different colors. These groups may if desired be separated by warp markers I8 which are merely variegated, or by other threads of distinctive cooring.

The threads may also be woven so that the color changes are staggered to produce bands of'varyins widths of color. In this arrangement the coloring of adjoining bands of warp threads tapers off to blend with the coloring of adjoining bands of warp threads which may be of a complementary coloring effect. In a rug so woven the overall effect may be said to simulate in eye appearance,

the moire effect in cloth, a mottled. effect, or perfabric, thus producing a non-ravelling finishedrunning edge.

The woven fabric is cut into suitable lengths according to the size of rug desired, and the ends are finished off in any suitable manner to prevent unravelling. One method of finishing off the top and bottom'edges is shown in Figs. 2 and 3. A strip of binding material 20 of suitable width is folded over to cover the rawedge of the woven fabric. The binding material 20 is then secured to the marginal edge of the woven fabric by parallel line of stitching 2| and 22 extending through the marginal edge of the woven fabric from front to back and traversing the surface of the fabric from one selvage edge I9 to the other (compare Figs. 2, 3 and 1).

What is claimed is:

1. A reversible woven rug fabric comprisin paper-fibre threads, certain of said threads being fabricated out of distinctively colored complementary paper ribbons twisted to sub-divide the resulting thread into substantial lengths having the distinctive color ofbut one of said paper ribbons alternating with other substantial lengths having the distinctive color of said complementary paper ribbon, said ribbons asthus twisted forming a variegated thread, the said variegated threads being arranged side-by side and woven in the same direction in the rug fabric, said lengths overlapping according to the color of the paper ribbon exposed in the length of thread to form overlapping bands having the color of only one of the said paper ribbons alternating with and overlapped by other bands havingthe color of the said complementary ribbon and each of said bands varying in width in accordance with the distinctive changes in color of saiddistinctively colored lengths.

2. A reversible rug fabric comprising paperfibre threads, certain of said. threads bein fabricated out of a plurality of distinctively colored complementary paper ribbons so twisted a to sub-divide the resulting thread into substantial lengths having the distinctive color of but one of said paper ribbons separated by other substantial length having the distinctive color of said complementary paper ribbon, the said threads constituting the warp threads of the fabric, said warp threads being arranged in groups selected,

in accordance with the color of the paper ribbon exposed in the length of thread, the lengths of adjoining warp threads overlapping according to color to form bands having the color of one of the said paper ribbons alternating with other bands having the color of the said complementary ribbon, said overlappin bands extending across the rug from selvage edge to selvage edge thereof, and each of said bands varying in width in accordance with the progressive changes in color of successive warp threads of an arranged group.

3. A reversible rug fabric woven from paperfibre threads, certain of said threads each containing at least three paper ribbons including a stufier and a plurality of distinctively colored ribbons formin substantially concentric complementary layers enclosing said stufier, each of the said ribbons alternately forming the distinctively colored outer layer of said thread thereby dividing successive portions thereof into distinctively colored lengths, the said threads being positioned side by side and woven in the same direction in the rug fabric, and said threads being woven in the fabric with their similarly colored lengths staggered so that each successive thread partially overlaps the distinctive coloring of its adjoining thread to produce bands of one distinctive color gradually changing into bands of another distinctive color thereby softening the impact of the changes in color tone to produce an overall woven textural efi'ect.

4. A reversible ru fabric woven from paperfibre threads, certain of said threads each containing at least three paper ribbons including a stuffer and a plurality of distinctively colored ribbons forming substantially concentric complementary layers enclosing said stufler, each of thesaid ribbons alternatelyforming the distinctively colored outer layer of said thread thereby dividing successive portions thereof into distinctively colored lengths, and the said threads being arranged side by side as the warp of the fabric with their similarly colored outer layers staggered to partially overlap the distinctively colored outer layers of the adjoining warp threads to produce bands of one distinctive color gradually changing into bands of another dist nctive color thus simulating a moire textural effect.

5. A reversible rug woven from paper-fibre threads, certain of said threads each containing at least three paper ribbons including a stuflfer and a plurality of other distinctively colored ribbons formin substantially concentric complementary layers enclosing said stufier, each of the said ribbons alternately forming the distinctive- 1y colored outer layer of said thread and dividing successive portions thereof into distinctively colored lengths, the said threads being positioned side by side and Woven in the same direction in the rug fabric, said threads being woven with their similarly coloredlengths staggered so that each successive thread partially overlaps the dis-- tinctive coloring of the adjoining thread to produce bands of one distinctive color gradually changing into bands of another distinctive color thus simulating a moire textural efiect, binding cloth folded over to enclose the raw edges of the rug fabric, and spaced parallel lines of stitches traversing both sides of the folded binding cloth and extending through the fabric of the rug from side edge to side edge thereof to form non-ravelling finished edges for the rug. r 6. A reversible rug woven from paper-fibre threads, certain of said threads each containing at least three paper ribbons including a stuifer and a plurality of distinctively colored ribbons forming substantially concentric complementary layers substantially surrounding said stuffer, each of the said ribbons alternately forming the distinctively colored outer layer of said thread thereby dividing successive portions thereof into distinctively colored lengths, the said threads being positioned side by side as the warp of the fabric with their similarly colored outer layers staggered to partially overlap the distinctively colored outer layers of the adjoining warp threads to produce bands of one distinctive color 'gradually changing into bands of another distinctive color thus imparting a moire textural effect to the pattern of the rug, a plurality of strips of binding cloth, each of said strips being folded over to enclose one of the raw edges of the rug fabric, and lines of stitches traversing both plies of afolded strip of binding cloth and ex tending through both plies of the binding cloth and through the rug fabric from side edge to side edge thereof to form non-ravelling finished edges for the rug.

7. A reversible woven rugfabric comprising paper-fibre threads, certain ofsaid threads being fabricated out of distinctively colored complementary paper ribbons twisted together to sub-divide the resultingthread into substantial lengths having the distinztive color of but one of said paper ribbons alternating with other substantial lengths having the distinctive color of said complementary paper ribbon, and said ribbons as thus twisted forming a variegated thread woven into the rug fabric as an integral part of the pattern.

8. A' textile fabric'comprising threads individually formed by twisting together a plurality of ribbons .of differently colored, paper in concentrio layers, said ribbons alternating from the inner layer to the outer layer of each twisted .thread and back again, to present substantial lengths of each ribbon in succession, and the resulting threads being woven into the body of the fabric as a constituent part of the pattern.

9. A reversible woven rug fabric comprising ribbons of differently colored paper. said ribbons being twisted together coaxially to form a thread having at least two concentric layers of different colors, substantial lengths of said ribbons alternating between the inner and the outer layers to fashion successive lengths of the thread in alternating colors, and the thread being selectively woven into the body of the rug fabric as an integral par-t of the pattern.

10. A textile fabric comprising paper ribbons of diiferent colors twisted coaxially to use substantial lengths of each of said ribbons in succession as the covering ribbons of the coaxial threads thus formed, and said coaxial threads. being selectively grouped in the fabric in accordance with the color changes of their covering ribbons to form variegated woven bands which constitute a. part of the fabric pattern.

11. A reversible rug i'aoric woven from paperfibre threads, certain of said threads each containing a stufier and a plurality of ribbons of distinctively colored paper forming substantially concentric complementary layers enclosing said stufier, each or the said ribbons alternately torming'the outer layer of said thread thereby dividing successive portions thereof into distinctively colored lengths, and the said threads being woven into the rug fabric as an integral part of the inattem. v

ERNEST E. LAMBERT.

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